THURSDAY 28th OCTOBER 2010 07:35(BST)

It's back!! Just too much stuff going on! I now have a space to blog for a while!

THIS DAY IN WW2 (28.10.40)
In Athens... An Italian ultimatum is presented to the Greeks during the night. It amounts to a declaration of war.
In the Balkans... At dawn, before the ultimatum expires, the Italian forces in Albania begin to cross the border into Greece. Patras is bombed. General Prasca leads eight of the 10 Italian divisions in Albania in the advance. They attack along three lines with the main effort being in the center from the Dhrina and Vijose valleys. General Papagos, the Greek Command in Chief, has not deployed his main force close to the border to avoid giving any provocation to the Italians. He hopes to use 8 divisions with the possibility of reinforcements being brought from the troops watching the Bulgarian border. The greatest obstacle to the Italians for the first two or three days is the very bad weather which grounds their air support. The Italians have chose a very unwise time of the year for their attack.
In Italy... Hitler and Mussolini meet at Florence. Hitler conceals his anger at not being kept informed of the Italian plans and says that German troops are available if it is necessary to keep the British out of Greece and away from the Romanian oil.
In Vichy France... Laval become Foreign Minister of the Vichy government.
In the North Atlantic... U-32 completes the job and sinks the damaged Empress of Britain.

TODAY IN MY LIFE
Doing domestic stuff with wife and son, an opportunity to do some grounding.
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TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
In the past week the theme has continued - how my emotions are an unreliable guide to reality. Now fully acquainted with their nature, I intend to give them more attention and use my knowledge to make them more consistently sunnier.

TODAY'S THOUGHT
Commitment is the quality of perseverence irrespective of enthusiasm.

TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Have you noticed how your personal concerns matter much less when you're concerned for someone else?

TODAY'S ONELINER
Violence is the grapes of wrath. A wine-hangover is the wrath of grapes : D

TODAY'S TUNE I LIKE
I was just really in the mood to hear Transvision Vamp but then stumbled on this Nu Metal number of the same name and rather liked it \m/ \m/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_1v_vtoZy8

TRIVIA
All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.

TODAY'S AFFIRMATION
My life is a joy filled with love, fun and friendship - all I need do is stop all criticism, forgive, relax and be open.